South West projects benefit from South West Regional Grants Scheme
From Collie to Augusta to Pemberton, Royalties for Regions is giving groups across the South West the helping hand they need to get their projects off the ground.
There’s work being carried out to develop an aquaculture farm using old Collie coal mines and efforts being made to relocate and upgrade the Balingup Visitor Centre – just two examples of projects that have benefited from a Royalties for Regions grant.
One of the biggest projects to have received support through the first round of the Regional Grants Scheme – a Royalties for Regions program – was the Munda Biddi Trail.
A total of $3million was committed by the South West and Great Southern development commissions towards the extension of the popular cycling track.
The trail is currently about 500 kilometres and will eventually stretch approximately 1000 kilometres from Mundaring to Albany once complete.
It is fast becoming one of the South-West’s most popular tourist attractions with an estimated 22,000 international, interstate and WA-based cyclists using it each year.
“The board of the South West Development Commission recognised the trail’s potential in terms of tourism, health and lifestyle opportunities, and made funding its expansion a priority,” South West Development Commission chief executive officer Don Punch said.
“Cycling along the Munda Biddi Trail is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many people. This funding will extend the track and help to make the journey all the more memorable by allowing people to take in even more of the State’s spectacular scenery.”
Learn how your group or organisation can share in millions of dollars in funding through the South West Regional Grants Scheme.